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2015 CHILDREN’S

MIRACLE NETWORK

MIRACLE KIDS

Meet our

Save the date to tune in!

Children’s Miracle Network annual celebration Telethon

Did you know you can help

local kids with a simple phone

call?

This year’s Children’s Miracle

Network (CMN) Telethon is

Saturday, June 6, from 2 to

10 p.m. on KLST-TV. The Telethon

provides an opportunity to thank

and recognize the many CMN

donors and sponsors.

It is also a time to share our

Miracle Kids’ stories and talk

about the many items needed to

enhance care for children treated

at Shannon. You can help us

make more miracles happen by

calling and making a pledge to

CMN!

All proceeds benefit local

children in need and your CMN

hospital.

CMN would like to thank KLST,

Pediatric Dentistry, the San An-

gelo

Standard-Times

, Miracle Kids

and their families, and numerous

volunteers for their participation

and support.

To learn more about the Tele-

thon and how you can help, call

325-481-6160

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JOURNEY WI ESE

is

months old and an abso-

lute doll. At just months

old, her parents noticed

something was not quite

right with her stomach.

A er a trip to see the pe-

diatrician, Journey was

diagnosed with malignant

neoplasm of the adrenal

gland. Her parents were

shocked to hear their baby

had cancer. Journey had

surgery to remove the

tumor and underwent

chemo treatments at Cook

Children’s Medical Center.

Journey is now doing well

and learning to sit up! She

lives in Carlsbad with her

parents and three older

brothers.

LOGAN SYKES

is years old and loves Mickey Mouse, va-

nilla wafers and pizza! Logan has Lowe syndrome, which

primarily a ects the eyes, brain and kidneys. He developed

cataracts and glaucoma and has had numerous eye surger-

ies. His parents were told he would never walk or talk. He

stood up for the rst time last April, and he is walking with

the help of a walker! e very de nition of a Miracle Kid, Lo-

gan lives in San Angelo with his parents, sister and brother.

CORY TOUNGET

is months old and

loves “ e Itsy Bitsy Spider,” cook-

ies and playing blocks! At months

of age, Cory developed transverse

myelitis—a rare neurological disease

causing injury to the spinal cord

with varying degrees of weakness,

sensory alterations and autonomic

dysfunction. At the time of his diag-

nosis, he could not hold his head up

or hold his bottle. Today, Cory is an

active, busy toddler. His pediatrician,

Christina Sherrod, MD, says he’s the

closest thing to a miracle she’s ever

seen! Cory lives in San Angelo with

his parents.

GAGE GREGONIS

is years old and

is a fourth-grader at Lamar Elemen-

tary. Gage likes playing Minecraft

and Super Mario Bros., and his fa-

vorite subject in school is math. In

, a er having a headache for a

few days, Gage was diagnosed with a

brain sarcoma. A er Gage came in to

the Shannon emergency room, Luis

Duarte, MD, immediately removed

the sarcoma (about the size of an

orange) from Gage’s brain. Gage then

completed chemotherapy treatments

and is doing well today. He lives in San

Angelo with his grandparents and his

older sister.

COOPER WILLIS

is almost years old and loves Curious George, Apple

Jacks and music. Cooper’s mother was on a tour of the hospital while

working at Sam’s Club, seeing rsthand the equipment Children’s Miracle

Network had purchased. ree days later, Cooper was born prematurely

and completely quit breathing a er delivery. He spent days in the neo-

natal intensive care unit using several pieces of specialized equipment his

mother had learned about just days before. Cooper lives in San Angelo

with his parents, and he will be a big brother in August.

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